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3. If ye walk in my statutes, and keep
my commandments, and do them;
4. THEN I will give you RAIN in due
season, and the land shall yield her
increase, and the trees of the field
shall yield their fruit.
5. And your threshing shall reach unto
the vintage, and the vintage shall reach
unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat
your bread to the full, and dwell in
your land safely.(emphasis mine)
It took me a couple of minutes to get
hold of the best words in explaining to
you what the word “THEN” means. But
as students (learned people), I believe
we would’nt be needing much words in
describing this grammatical lexicon.
From the Advanced Learner’s Oxford
Dictionary, “then” can be used to
introduce the next item in a series of
actions, events, instructions etc. “then”
can also be used to show the logical
result of a particular statement or
situation. It can also be used to show
the end of a conversation or
something. Considering all of these
different senses of the word “then” we
can now come to the conclusion that
the word “then” is most times used
when one wants to establish a final
point.
Why do we need the explantion or
definition of “then”? I will tell you..
Most times, christians confesses
scripture; some are of prosperity,
health etc. Then after sometime they
begin to wonder why they aren’t
seeing their lives being shapend to
those scriptures they always confess.
This now brings us to the place of
“THEN”
From the opening scripture we read,
we could see that God was telling the
children of israel; if ye walk in my
statutes and keep my commandments
and do them;….. Now they were first
of all instructed to do something. You
must plant before you harvest. If you
look very closely at the scripture again
you will notice there is a semi-colon at
the end of verse 3. What does a semi –
colon introduces? It is used to separate
the parts of a complicated sentence or
items in a detailed list. What are we
saying, it means God was’nt done with
what he was saying. The semi colon at
he end of verses 3 shows that there is
more to keeping God’s
commandments.
This is where “then” comes in. If we
keep God’s commandments and
statues only THEN will i give you RAIN
in due season and the land shall yield
her increase and the TREES OF THE
FIELD SHALL YIELD THEIR FRUITS
(VERSE 4, emphasis mine).
Wow! It is that simple, all the promises
which God made to us in the scriptures
can be made manifest in our lives only
if we keep his ways? Yes that simple!
Praying and fasting and asking of God’s
promises won’t yield much or little
when you have not examined your life
to see if you have really done what
God’s requires of you before seeking of
the “then” aspec .
Scriptures says in 2 Chron 7:14 “if my
people, which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves, and pray and
seek my face, and turn from their
wicked ways; THEN will I Hear from
heaven and will forgive their sins and
heal their lang”. Did you see the
“semi- colon” and “then” in the
scripture?
I can hear God speak to me clearly; if
we want the promises of “then” in our
lives(academics, spiritual life, finances)
then “we need to follow whats before
the “semi-colon.
For RAIN and HEALING upon our land
(every thing that concerns us) then, we
must acknowledge the power that
moves “then”, keeping God’s statues
and commandments is the power of
“THEN”.
Written by
Okikie Oghenero Emmanuel
13th day of July, 2014.
3. If ye walk in my statutes, and keep
my commandments, and do them;
4. THEN I will give you RAIN in due
season, and the land shall yield her
increase, and the trees of the field
shall yield their fruit.
5. And your threshing shall reach unto
the vintage, and the vintage shall reach
unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat
your bread to the full, and dwell in
your land safely.(emphasis mine)
It took me a couple of minutes to get
hold of the best words in explaining to
you what the word “THEN” means. But
as students (learned people), I believe
we would’nt be needing much words in
describing this grammatical lexicon.
From the Advanced Learner’s Oxford
Dictionary, “then” can be used to
introduce the next item in a series of
actions, events, instructions etc. “then”
can also be used to show the logical
result of a particular statement or
situation. It can also be used to show
the end of a conversation or
something. Considering all of these
different senses of the word “then” we
can now come to the conclusion that
the word “then” is most times used
when one wants to establish a final
point.
Why do we need the explantion or
definition of “then”? I will tell you..
Most times, christians confesses
scripture; some are of prosperity,
health etc. Then after sometime they
begin to wonder why they aren’t
seeing their lives being shapend to
those scriptures they always confess.
This now brings us to the place of
“THEN”
From the opening scripture we read,
we could see that God was telling the
children of israel; if ye walk in my
statutes and keep my commandments
and do them;….. Now they were first
of all instructed to do something. You
must plant before you harvest. If you
look very closely at the scripture again
you will notice there is a semi-colon at
the end of verse 3. What does a semi –
colon introduces? It is used to separate
the parts of a complicated sentence or
items in a detailed list. What are we
saying, it means God was’nt done with
what he was saying. The semi colon at
he end of verses 3 shows that there is
more to keeping God’s
commandments.
This is where “then” comes in. If we
keep God’s commandments and
statues only THEN will i give you RAIN
in due season and the land shall yield
her increase and the TREES OF THE
FIELD SHALL YIELD THEIR FRUITS
(VERSE 4, emphasis mine).
Wow! It is that simple, all the promises
which God made to us in the scriptures
can be made manifest in our lives only
if we keep his ways? Yes that simple!
Praying and fasting and asking of God’s
promises won’t yield much or little
when you have not examined your life
to see if you have really done what
God’s requires of you before seeking of
the “then” aspec .
Scriptures says in 2 Chron 7:14 “if my
people, which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves, and pray and
seek my face, and turn from their
wicked ways; THEN will I Hear from
heaven and will forgive their sins and
heal their lang”. Did you see the
“semi- colon” and “then” in the
scripture?
I can hear God speak to me clearly; if
we want the promises of “then” in our
lives(academics, spiritual life, finances)
then “we need to follow whats before
the “semi-colon.
For RAIN and HEALING upon our land
(every thing that concerns us) then, we
must acknowledge the power that
moves “then”, keeping God’s statues
and commandments is the power of
“THEN”.
Written by
Okikie Oghenero Emmanuel
13th day of July, 2014.
- 01:13
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How do you define love ?? Love is more than a feeling, it’s an
”art” and ”act”.Love is majorly about giving. You show your
love for God by giving yourself to God for salvation. There God
takes control of your emotions and actions. The Ten
commandment given by mosea can be easily kept if we
understand the principal element in the new Commandment
given to us by Jesus. Jesus said ”thy shall love the Lord with all
of thy heart, thy might and strength” and ”thy shall also love thy
neighbour as thy self”. The principal elements in these
commandment is LOVE. If you love thy Lord with all thy heart
and might you won’t worship another god, if you love your
neighbour you won’t commit adultery/fornication neither will u
steal or convert your neigbour’s properties. The bottom line is
love and we can’t say we love God when we don’t love our
neigbour, scripture says in 1 cor 13 and 14, if we have
everything in life and don’t have love we are empty and
worthless. Therefore let’s cultivate this attitude and habit of love
as sons/daughters of God, and remember scripture says in Heb.
6 :10 ” for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and
labour of love which ye have shown towards his name”. So what
ever we do for God or our neighbour, we should know God have
a reward for every bit of it………. More grace..
”art” and ”act”.Love is majorly about giving. You show your
love for God by giving yourself to God for salvation. There God
takes control of your emotions and actions. The Ten
commandment given by mosea can be easily kept if we
understand the principal element in the new Commandment
given to us by Jesus. Jesus said ”thy shall love the Lord with all
of thy heart, thy might and strength” and ”thy shall also love thy
neighbour as thy self”. The principal elements in these
commandment is LOVE. If you love thy Lord with all thy heart
and might you won’t worship another god, if you love your
neighbour you won’t commit adultery/fornication neither will u
steal or convert your neigbour’s properties. The bottom line is
love and we can’t say we love God when we don’t love our
neigbour, scripture says in 1 cor 13 and 14, if we have
everything in life and don’t have love we are empty and
worthless. Therefore let’s cultivate this attitude and habit of love
as sons/daughters of God, and remember scripture says in Heb.
6 :10 ” for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and
labour of love which ye have shown towards his name”. So what
ever we do for God or our neighbour, we should know God have
a reward for every bit of it………. More grace..
OKIKIE OGHENERO
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leaf. I’ve already decided to give Chidinma a call as soon
as I got home, about ending whatever we had. That joy
when I thought of finally being liberated from the sex –
oriented relationship with Chidinma. “At last there is a
way out”, I thought loudly to myself.
First thing the next morning I decided against giving her a
call instead I paid her a visit, to tell her my decision.
Gosh! She was so beautiful to look upon. The real battle
began; how can I tell her I want to break up with her?
How will I cope seeing her sad in class or being with
other guys so as to close the gap I will leave? How will I
be able to cope without her succulent body?, how can I
resist those lips? These were the thoughts that kept going
on inside of me.
Then a thought came to mind, why end the relationship
after all the good things and time we have shared
together, why not put on an adjustment to the things we
used to do, why not set rules and standards to be strictly
adhered to. Wow! It sounds like a great idea. Infact it was
nice. “It will definitely work!” A voice from within said.
It was barly 2 weeks after that power packed
programme, I made a commitment, I have fallen back to
my vomit again.
My world was fallen, my life was tearing apart. Depressed
and having failed God and myself again, I thought of
ending my life since it was of no use as I got tired of
hoping on good and trying to change, only to get worst
by the day. That faithful day as I was set to drink the
portion that would hopefully take my life, I thought of
reading a passage from the Bible to myself just as the
executioners will do before firing a criminal.
On opening the Bible, there was a marked out passage in
Romans 6;14-18
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are
not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the
law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves
servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto
righteousness?
17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin,
but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine
which was delivered you.
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the
servants of righteousness.
Thank God I did go through the passage, then I realised I
made myself go through all I went through. I made
myself a servant to sin forsaking the counsel of God.
Then I realised I was always listening to myself and not
the knowledge of God’s word. With tears in my eyes I let
down the portion and the idea of taking my life and
decide to fight the real enemy; SIN and SELF.
Beloved, the battle against these S’s cannot be won if we
don’t die to our selfish desire as the good book says; for
he that is dead is freed from sin. Romans 6;7.
Dear, if you are in similar situation, if u are battling with
sin and self, you can only win this battle against these
foes by fervent prayers and studying God’s word where
you see that grace can see you through in life.
You can go through these scriptures to help you enforce
your victory in Christ over self and sin; 2 Cor 10; 3-5,
Psalm 119;9-11, Col 3:5 – 10, 1Cor 9;27, Rom 13;12 and
Prov 4;23.
Congrats! Because your Victory over self and sin is sure!
Written by
OKIKIE OGHENERO EMMANUEL
March, 2013.
- 22:20
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